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To: DiogenesLamp

In both the Union and Confederate Armies, draftees went to infantry regiments.


111 posted on 04/27/2022 3:06:45 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
Which is why you wouldn't want to be a draftee.

The draft law still outfitted the ranks of the North, and I believe much less so in the South because they were fighting invaders, and people naturally volunteer to fight invaders.

121 posted on 04/28/2022 1:18:11 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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